This guide compiles links to resources on new U.S. Poet Laureate W.S. Merwin throughout the Library of Congress Web site, as well as links to external Web sites that include features on his life or selections of his work.
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Librarian of Congress James H. Billington today announced the appointment of W.S. Merwin as the Library's 17th Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry for 2010-2011.
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Poet Laureate Kay Ryan concludes her second and final term as Poet Laureate at the Library of Congress with a reading from her newest volume of poetry "The Best of It: New and Selected Poems," published in March 2010.
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The Poetry and Literature Center at the Library of Congress is seeking submissions from poets who would like to read at the Poetry at Noon series for fall 2010 and spring 2011. Submissions must be postmarked by Thursday, July 15.
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Read a sampling of winning poems from the Community College Poetry Competition, part of U.S. Poet Laureate Kay Ryan's "Poetry for the Mind's Joy" project.
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The Library of Congress is accepting nominations from publishers for the $10,000 Rebekah Johnson Bobbitt National Prize for Poetry. The prize, for the year 2010, will be awarded in the fall.
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In celebration of National Poetry Month, on April 7 the Library held a Web conference titled "Laurels & Lyrics: Poetry Resources at the Library of Congress." A recording of the program is available online through the Online Programming for All Libraries (OPAL) archive.
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Detailed information on U.S. Poet Laureate Kay Ryan's poetry project with community colleges—"Poetry for the Mind’s Joy"—can now be found on the Library of Congress website at www.loc.gov/poetry/mindsjoy/.
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The annual noontime "Love Poems" reading at the Library of Congress will feature a special guest who recently received a diamond ring as a grand prize in a national love-letter-writing contest. After the reading, the Library will show the romance movie "Bright Star."
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National Book Critics Circle Award finalist Tony Hoagland from Houston, Texas, and MacArthur fellow Lucia Perillo from Olympia, Wash., share their poetry.
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Seventeen noted writers will be featured in the 2010 season of "The Poet and the Poem from the Library of Congress." The radio series is available to all public radio stations via the Public Radio Satellite System's ContentDepot, starting Jan. 13, 2010.
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A webcast of Poet Laureate Kay Ryan's reading to open the literary season, during which she announced a national poetry project that embraces community colleges through an online poetry page" "Poetry for the Mind's Joy" and a poetry-writing contest.
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This guide compiles links to resources on Robert Frost throughout the Library of Congress Web site, as well as selected links to external Web sites that include features on his life or selections of his work. For resources on other U.S. poets laureate and consultants in poetry, see http://www.loc.gov/rr/program/bib/poetslaureate/.
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Poet Laureate Kay Ryan has chosen two gifted voices in poetry, Christina Davis and Mary Szybist, for the 2009 Witter Bynner Fellowships, and will introduce the poets on Feb. 26 at the Library of Congress.
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This Library of Congress Web guide provides an overview of Abraham Lincoln as a reader, writer, recipient, and subject of poetry.
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This guide compiles links to resources on former Consultant in Poetry Gwendolyn Brooks throughout the Library of Congress Web site and elsewhere on the Web.
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U.S. Poet Laureate Kay Ryan and 30 other noted poets will be featured in the 2009 season of "The Poet and the Poem from the Library of Congress." The radio series is available to all public radio stations via the Public Radio Satellite System’s ContentDepot.
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When President-elect Barack Obama was a 19-year-old student at Occidental College, he published two poems in the college's literary magazine. Read these poems online as part of the Library of Congress' "Presidents as Poets" Web guide.
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When President-elect Barack Obama was a 19-year-old student at Occidental College, he published two poems in the college's literary magazine. Read these poems online as part of the Library of Congress' "Presidents as Poets" Web guide.
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The Library of Congress National Book Festival Web site provides access to webcasts of poets, authors, illustrators, and other speakers at the 2008 National Book Festival. Poetry webcasts for the 2008 festival include readings by U.S. poet laureate Kay Ryan, Eavan Boland, Dan Chiasson, Elsa Cross, Michael Lind, Molly Peacock, Stanley Plumly, and J. Allyn Rosser.
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An audio interview with Kay Ryan is the latest addition to Grace Cavalieri's "Poet and the Poem," an ongoing series of live poetry interviews at the Library of Congress with distinguished artists. Other recent programs now available feature Terrance Hayes, Andrea Hollander Budy, and Sarah Maclay.
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This guide compiles links to resources on newly appointed U.S. Poet Laureate Kay Ryan throughout the Library of Congress Web site and elsewhere on the Web.
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Librarian of Congress James H. Billington today announced the appointment of Kay Ryan as the Library’s 16th Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry for 2008-2009.
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This guide compiles links to resources on former poet laureate Joseph Brodsky on the Library of Congress Web site and other English-language sites.
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Answers to some of the most frequently asked questions about the U.S. poet laureateship.
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New Web guides to online resources for former U.S. poets laureate Stanley Kunitz, Robert Pinsky, Rita Dove, and Robert Hass are now available.
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Charles Simic made the final appearance of his tenure as U.S. Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry when he presented a lecture on poetry translation at the Library of Congress.
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The Hispanic Division of the Library of Congress hosted an afternoon of Spanish poetry featuring poets from Spain, Latin America and the Caribbean. Each poet read a selection in Spanish, followed by an open discussion in English moderated by Dominican poet Rei Berroa of George Mason University. Featured poets were Spaniards Ana Rossetti, Juan Carlos Mestre and Vicente Cervera Salinas. From Mexico were Hector Carretto, Dana Gelinas, Hernan Bravo Varela and Ciprian Cabrera Jasso. Also participating were Mateo Morrison, Dominican Republic; Otoniel Guevara, El Salvador; Marcelo Pellegrini, Chile; Ivon Gordon-Vailakis, Ecuador; and Juana Goergen, Puerto Rico.
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Octavio Paz (1914-1998) was a world-famous poet, writer and essayist. His writing, which garnered him the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1990, has been characterized as impassioned and marked with sensuous intelligence and humanistic integrity. A two-hour symposium, "A Tribute to Octavio Paz," was sponsored by the Library's Hispanic Division and the Poetry Office, in cooperation with the Mexican Cultural Institute of Washington, D.C.
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Locate online resources related to U.S. poets laureate. Completed guides link to Library of Congress Web pages that include information on the poet laureate's life and work, as well as to external Web sites that feature biographical information, interviews, poems, audio, video, and other materials that highlight the activities of each poet.
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Mark Strand and Charles Wright read from their works as part of the Poetry Center's Spring literary season.
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The distinguished Rebekah Johnson Bobbitt National Prize for Poetry, created 20 years ago, will be awarded to two poets who teach at universities in Virginia: Bob Hicok of Virginia Tech and Charles Wright of the University of Virginia.
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The Library of Congress offers a wealth of poetry materials on its Web site, including information about the U.S. poet laureate, webcasts of poets reading and discussing their work, features on poetry written by U.S. presidents, and links to thousands of primary source materials--poems, letters, photographs, audio, and video recordings--that bring the history American poetry to life.
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The Library of Congress literary season continued with poetry readings by Li-Young Lee and David Kirby sponsored by the Poetry and Literature Center.
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Read U.S. Poet Laureate Charles Simic's advice on writing poetry.
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Six new poems selected by former Poet Laureate Billy Collins are now available through Poetry 180. Look for a "New" icon next to each poem's title.
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Use this guide to locate resources related to Charles Simic on the Library of Congress website and elsewhere on the Web.
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Librarian of Congress James H. Billington has announced the appointment of Charles Simic to be the Library’s 15th Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry.
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"The Poet and the Poem" is an ongoing series of live poetry interviews at the Library of Congress. Listen to sixteen new audio webcasts from the series, including interviews with Louise Glück, Jane Hirshfield, and current U.S. Poet Laureate Donald Hall.
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Learn about the poetic endeavors of Thomas Jefferson and other presidents of the United States through this National Poetry Month feature on the Library's Wise Guide.
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On March 13, Poet Laureate Donald Hall chose Laurie Lamon and David Tucker for the 2007 Witter Bynner Fellowships. Learn more about these emerging poets on the Library's new Witter Bynner Web page.
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